Documentary, Music
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
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Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist
Medeski Martin & Wood - Leverkusener Jazztage
Ella Fitzgerald Live in Australia
Legends of the Sky: The Liberty Plane
Indian Rights for Indian Women
Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
The Blues Brothers
Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera
Wylie Avenue Days
Taking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert
Coded Bias
Staying Alive
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Rita Coolidge: On Stage at World Cafe Live
Nina: A Historical Perspective
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Sweet and Lowdown
Breaking Brooklyn
Asunder
Three Days in August 1914
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Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2009
RICHARD WRIGHT was an African-American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics. Much of his works concerned racial themes that helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. Born on a plantation in Mississippi, Wright was a descendent of the first slaves who arrived in Jamestown Massachusetts. This program follows his arduous path from sharecropper to literary giant. Through authors like H.L. Menken, Sinclair Lewis, Theodore Dreiser, he discovered that literature could be used as a catalyst for social change. In 1937 Wright moved to New York and his work began to garner national attention for it's political and social commentary. Much of Wright's writing focused on the African American community and experience; his novel Native Son won him a Guggenheim Fellowship and was adapted to the Broadway stage with Orson Welles directing in 1941.Medeski Martin & Wood - Leverkusener Jazztage
IMDB 0 | May , 2013
Medeski Martin and Wood at Leverkusener Jazztage - Germany 12 November 2013 Tracklist: - 1969 - Seven Days - Black Elk Speaks - Amber Girls - Nostalgia in Times SquareElla Fitzgerald Live in Australia
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1960
Ella Fitzgerald visited Australia back in 1960. Gracefully stepping up to the microphone for the celebrated television event 'The BP Super Show', hosted by musician and entertainer Horrie Dargie, Fitzgerald delivered a mellifluous set of legendary songs in an intimate concert setting at The Embers Nightclub in Toorak Road, South Yarra Victoria. This rarely seen B&W television treat is considered to be one of the earliest audio-visual recordings of the 'First Lady of Song', backed by the smooth sounds of the Lou Levy Quartet. Beside Fitzgerald's performance of 14 memorable Jazz and Blues classics, the program also contains original BP musical interludes and jingles from the Horrie Dargie Quartet.Legends of the Sky: The Liberty Plane
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
When the United States entered World War I, its Army Air Service lacked a combat-ready aircraft – a liability that prompted a search to find an aircraft suitable for production at home and combat operations abroad. This documentary from Bowling Green filmmakers tells the story behind the single-engine DH-4 plane dubbed The Liberty Plane.Indian Rights for Indian Women
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2018
Three intrepid women battle for Indigenous women's treaty rights.Sting : My Songs au château de Chambord
IMDB 8 | Nov , 2022
The Blues Brothers
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1980
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.Guy Hircefeld: A Guy with a Camera
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2018
Guy Hircefeld, a veteran who served in the Israeli military at the start of its occupation of Palestine in the 1980s, now fights against the Israeli occupation. His only weapon is a camera.Wylie Avenue Days
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1991
The Pittsburgh History Series is an ongoing series of hour-long documentaries that highlight various parts of our city's history. Since 1988, these documentaries have captivated local audiences by mixing memories, old films, [mementos], home movies, snapshots and new interviews.Taking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2005
Acclaimed jazz vocalist Jane Monheit -- an artist whose voice is often compared to that of Diana Krall and Ella Fitzgerald -- delivers a heartfelt set in this memorable 2004 performance filmed live at the Brecon International Jazz Festival in Wales. The evening's mix of standards includes "In the Still of the Night," "Embraceable You," "Bill," "Too Late Now," "Honeysuckle Rose" and "I Should Care."Coded Bias
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2020
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.Staying Alive
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 1983
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2020
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.Rita Coolidge: On Stage at World Cafe Live
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2007
Nina: A Historical Perspective
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1970
This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at various US venues and locations, including the Westbury Music Fair, The Village Gate, and RCA Studios in New York City. Also featured are candid and personal interviews with Nina herself, revealing her unique views on music and life -- all expressed with her trademark intensity.Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
IMDB 4.6 | Feb , 2019
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply hanging out with friends, telling anecdotes from his life and recording jazz standards.Sweet and Lowdown
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1999
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.Breaking Brooklyn
IMDB 7.8 | May , 2018
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.Asunder
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2016
Esther Johnson’s film uses local archive footage to convey the story of Sunderland's involvement in the First World War, from the men who fought in the fields to those who stayed behind to work in the region’s shipyards and munitions factories.Three Days in August 1914
IMDB 6 | Jan , 2013
Documentary on the atrocities the germans committed at the start of WW I in Dinant.